Colombian protests vow 'resistance' to right-wing rule
Riot police run during clashes with protesters over the preliminary results of the presidential runoff election in Bogota, Colombia, on June 21, 2026.(AFP)
Thousands of leftist Colombians spilled onto the streets of Cali and Bogota on June 21 to protest hard-right president-elect Abelardo de la Espriella's narrow election win.
Indigenous music provided a soundtrack to the initially peaceful march through Cali's Puerto Resistencia neighborhood.
But as Trump-backed De la Espriella made a triumphant speech in the Caribbean city of Barranquilla, protestors in Colombia's third-largest city burned US flags, while others clashed with riot police using tear gas on the crowd.
